Worksheet
What Is Anxiety?
This free anxiety worksheet offers a clear, compassionate overview of anxiety symptoms, triggers, and common anxiety disorders. Designed to support adults dealing with worry or generalized anxiety, it helps clients recognize anxiety in themselves and in others. Therapists can use this anxiety worksheet at the start of treatment to introduce clients to key concepts and open up conversations about symptoms and triggers.
How to Use the What Is Anxiety? Worksheet
This anxiety worksheet is an ideal introduction to anxiety for adult clients. Therapists can use it in early sessions to support psychoeducation, normalize feelings of anxiety, and help clients begin identifying anxiety triggers and responses. Whether used in session or as a take-home handout, it creates a foundation for deeper CBT work.
Who It's For
This anxiety worksheet is designed for adults who are beginning treatment for anxiety-related challenges such as generalized anxiety, social anxiety, or specific phobias. It’s particularly useful for clients who are just starting therapy or may feel unsure about how to discuss their symptoms, thoughts, or behaviors.
Expected Outcomes
- Increased understanding of anxiety and its symptoms
- Greater self-awareness around personal anxiety triggers and coping behaviors
- Reduced stigma and normalization of feeling anxiety in everyday situations
- More focused and productive therapy sessions built around client insights
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References
Craske, M. G., Rauch, S. L., Ursano, R., Prenoveau, J., Pine, D. S., & Zinbarg, R. E. (2011). What is an anxiety disorder? FOCUS the Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, 9(3), 369–388. https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.3.foc369
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